How sacked banker Emeka Onuma broke into ATM, stole N14m - Police

- The police in Abuja has arrested one Emmanuel Emeka Onuma for breaking into an ATM and stealing N14 million

- According to police report&comma; Onuma worked with a new generation bank&comma; but was dismissed for alleged fraudulent acts

- The suspect revealed that he worked with the bank for about 11 years and was sacked without any benefit

The police command in the Federal Capital Territory &lpar;FCT&rpar; Abuja on Wednesday&comma; November 7&comma; paraded one Emmanuel Emeka Onuma for allegedly breaking into the vault of an Automated Teller Machine &lpar;ATM&rpar; and stealing N14 million&period;

Onuma was one of the 15 suspects paraded for various offences by the Assistant Commissioner of Police &lpar;ACP&rpar; Valentine Olumese&comma; Daily Trust reports&period;

The suspect&comma; according to the police&comma; was an employee of the new generation bank where he was sacked in August&comma; 2018 for fraudulent activities&period;

In his confession&comma; Onuma revealed to newsmen that he worked with the bank for about 11 years and that he was dismissed unjustly without any benefit&period; He however said there was no justification for what he did&period;

As to how Onuma was caught and arrested&comma; Olumese explained&colon; “On 1st November&comma; 2018 in furtherance with an on-going investigation&comma; police operatives attached to Garki Division arrested one Emmanuel Emeka Onuma ‘m’ 34 years old who broke into the ATM lobby of a bank located in Garki on 19th October&comma; 2018 at about 12 midnight and stole the sum of N14 million&period;”

The ACP further stated that the suspect confessed that some of the money he stole from the bank was converted to foreign currency &lpar;&dollar;33&comma;000&rpar; at Abuja and Kaduna for ease of movement&comma; adding that &dollar;28&comma;000&comma; N1&comma;650&comma;120&comma; nine pieces of Ghanaian cedis and flight tickets were recovered from Onuma&period;

Meanwhile&comma; Legit&period;ng had reported that the Jigawa police command on Tuesday&comma; October 15&comma; said it had arrested four suspected armed robbers in Gwaram local government area of the state&period;

The commissioner of police in the state&comma; Bala Senchi&comma; announced this at a news conference in Dutse&comma; and said that the suspects had been terrorizing residents of the locality&period;

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